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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:43:29 +0000Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbHaikuware now on Facebook!http://haikuware.com/20131022620/haikuware-now-on-facebook
http://haikuware.com/20131022620/haikuware-now-on-facebook

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Haikuware joined Facebook (yes, that took a while)!

We will try to aggregate all the information from the site to Facebook so you can easily check what's going on at Haikuware without leaving Facebook.

If anyone wants to admin the page contact me. It would be nice if there's someone that could write, link, or report on new software releases for Haiku to keep the scene updated.

Thanks

]]>info@haikuware.com (admin)frontpageTue, 22 Oct 2013 11:42:01 +0000Package Management Breaks Many of the 3000 Apps on Haikuwarehttp://haikuware.com/20131018619/package-management-breaks-many-of-the-3000-apps-on-haikuware
http://haikuware.com/20131018619/package-management-breaks-many-of-the-3000-apps-on-haikuwareI don't really follow Haiku's progress closely anymore due to their choice in funding contracts that go against what users actually want, the slow progress, and focus on technologies and hardware that make the operating system essentially obsolete. I don't donate or do bounties anymore either. I am not the once passionate user and believer I once was. Now more damage.

I think it did long ago. Along with some reading, and noticing several developers here update their programs to be 'alpha 5 compatible', it seems that Haiku developers have made most of the files on Haikuware & BeBits useless by moving, removing, and making certain directories read-only; essentially requiring one to follow certain steps to get legacy (before Package Management) BeOS/Haiku files working with current Haiku builds.

Haiku has turned away from BeOS compatibility, and now even makes the system difficult for average users to use, and even developers. What are they thinking!? That's what ~$10,000 in Package Management contracts gets you - a pitty. I am certainly not going to repacakge the majority of files here.

Jan. 2007: "Haiku is an open-source desktop operating system focusing on usability, innovation, and speed. The first release will be an improved remake of BeOS R5, but we have completely new ideas for the future. Haiku is currently under development and making steady progress towards its first release."

July. 2007: "Haiku is an open-source operating system currently in development designed from the ground up for desktop computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku aims to provide users of all levels with a personal computing experience that is simple yet powerful, and free of any unnecessary complexities."

Today: "Haiku is a new open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful."

Notice how things have changed, to me, the removal of 'free of any unnecessary complexities' stands out the most; and it is justified Haiku removed that statement from their website...

]]>info@haikuware.com (Haikuware)frontpageFri, 18 Oct 2013 08:28:41 +0000Server Bounty Target Reached!http://haikuware.com/20130719617/server-bounty-target-reached
http://haikuware.com/20130719617/server-bounty-target-reachedWow, that didn't take long! After only two days, the bounty target for the server costs was reached :) A warm thanks to all those who donated. It was especially nice to see some old friends chipping in, and also, some new ones. I was a little disappointed not seeing Haiku Inc. chip in, but at least they posted a front page news item that attracted attention :) That'll bring us to mid-July 2014 for the server costs, anything above the target amount will be applied to 2015 costs - thanks again everyone.]]>info@haikuware.com (admin)frontpageFri, 19 Jul 2013 13:38:46 +0000Back Online!http://haikuware.com/20130713615/back-online
http://haikuware.com/20130713615/back-onlineLove us, hate us, love to hate us; you probably missed us :-p

Ran into some issues with the server and I wasn't available at the time. To make matters worse, it was a complicated issue and didn't have much time to fix it. The server went down about a week ago, and is back online now. I think that was the longest outage in about six years :(

I apologize for the outage. I couldn't respond to all the emails sent to me and apologize for that as well. I did write a mail to Haiku's development list, but it seems it didn't get through for whatever reason.

Haikuware's Twitter account just propogated RSS feeds from comments on this site, new software additions, hardware database additions, and forum posts by a legitimate/approved partner (TwitterFeed), so I don't see what the problem is/was.

We recently upgraded the server. It's using the latest and greatest hardware and software. I haven't noticed any regressions yet, but have noticed the site being a lot snappier. It is planned to upgrade the website this year. It's been six years of solid service to the community!

]]>info@haikuware.com (admin)frontpageFri, 04 May 2012 16:27:43 +0000Could Java Come to Haiku?http://haikuware.com/20120322610/could-java-come-to-haiku
http://haikuware.com/20120322610/could-java-come-to-haikuSome interesting developments at the Haiku Mailing List. Hamish Morrison has been working on porting OpenJDK to Haiku over the last several months and has parts compiling and working

the virtual machine port is complete (apart from the serviceability agent), and the simpler parts of the class library, like networking, IO, etc, are all ported, except in a couple of places where functionality is missing on the Haiku end.

]]>info@haikuware.com (admin)frontpageThu, 22 Mar 2012 15:35:19 +0000Document Viewer Bounty Funds Releasedhttp://haikuware.com/20120309609/document-viewer-bounty-funds-released
http://haikuware.com/20120309609/document-viewer-bounty-funds-releasedCiprian Nedisan mailed me the other day requesting the bounty funds for his document viewer. Donations have been stagnant, and Ciprian has done a fair bit of work for ~$200 USD - I didn't think this was unreasonable - most features BePDF had (and lots that it didn't have) have been implemented. His reasoning is as follows:
]]>info@haikuware.com (admin)frontpageFri, 09 Mar 2012 16:54:07 +0000Gallium 3D Bounty Acceptedhttp://haikuware.com/20111221608/gallium-3d-bounty-accepted
http://haikuware.com/20111221608/gallium-3d-bounty-acceptedIt took quite a while, and after emailing lots of developers, we finally have someone to take on the Gallium Bounty! Who? The same developer working on Haiku's ATI/AMD driver - Alexander von Gluck (kallisti5).

Gallium 3D has been part of Mesa since 2009. In August 2011 however, Mesa removed BeOS support . Alexander sent a mail to Mesa's mailing list asking if they'd accept patches from Haiku- this was accepted/confirmed (he even sent the first patch).